Memento Mori

Memento Mori (MM.WAD) is a 1995 megawad that contains 32 new levels, designed by two members of the Innocent Crew, Denis and Thomas Möller, along with 19 other authors, including Tom Mustaine and both Dario and Milo Casali - this made it by far the largest collaborative project up to that point. It was initially released on December 10, 1995, and saw an updated release in February 1996. In contrast to most megawads, it is designed especially for cooperative multiplayer gameplay, although it can be played in single-player as well. It is also one of the few PWADs that are allowed to be used in Compet-N speedruns. The phrase is  and is translated as "Remember that you will die" or "Remember death".

The music is an original soundtrack composed by Mark Klem, who also designed one level and co-designed another. The soundtrack is provided as a separate music pack file named MMMUS.WAD.

In 2003, this WAD was named one of the Top 100 WADs of All Time. However, it was erroneously listed as a 1996 WAD, when it was in fact originally released in 1995; 1996 was merely the release year of the final version.

A sequel, Memento Mori II, was developed and released in 1996.

Availability and installation
The WAD is available in both segmented and complete forms. The segmented version is split into three archive files (mm1_3up.zip, mm2_3up.zip and mm3_3up.zip), each intended to fit in the 1.44 megabyte storage of a. Once all three segments are downloaded, the user must extract them all into a single directory, run INSTALL.EXE, and specify the drive and path of their Doom II directory to install the complete WAD. This version has two options for play: STARTMM.BAT, a batch file which starts Doom II with both the main WAD and the music WAD loaded; and MM.EXE, a multiplayer-oriented frontend which allows to player to enable or disable cheat codes and the new soundtrack, and then run DeathManager! with both WADs loaded. All programs and batch files in this version will only run in DOS, and thus require the use of DOSBox on modern operating systems.

The complete form was made available for players who could not use the segmented version, such as Macintosh users. It is stored in mm_allup.zip and merely requires the user to extract the archive file into their Doom II directory to play. Users on modern operating systems are strongly recommended to use this version, and load both files in the source port of their choice.

Infopack
In addition to the WAD itself, an "infopack" exists for Memento Mori which takes the form of a DOS program. Thus, DOSBox is required to run it on modern operating systems. It was written by Denis Möller and is stored in the file mminfoup.zip. Users of the infopack can access development credits, installation instructions, the WAD's story, and information on all 32 levels. Mark Klem's "The Wind", the music of and, plays on an endless loop while this program is running if a sound card is detected. This can be disabled by starting the infopack with the command line parameter "".

Story
The story of this WAD is contained only in the infopack, and was written by Alden Bates, creator of. It is presented in the second person, as with all official Doom story materials.

According to the story, the WAD takes place one year after the events of Doom II. Hell's invasion of Earth has left three quarters of the human race dead. Nuclear warheads carried by colony ships were used to seal the portals of Hell, leaving most of Earth uninhabitable. Now, Doom's protagonist is in his home town, where the invasion began, to assist in the planetary reconstruction effort. This seems to be progressing smoothly, with a jerry-rigged radio in a makeshift headquarters set up to enable communication between cities.

On day 372 of reconstruction, however, a message arrives from headquarters: contact was lost with a city in the center of the United States. Subsequent reports from ill-fated scouts reveal widespread violence and destruction caused by demonic figures. It seems there is one portal from Hell remaining, one missed during the twilight of the invasion. Satellite imagery reveals that this portal is in the center of the city.

The protagonist, the only man with enough experience fighting Hellspawn, is recruited to track down and destroy the portal, and then slaughter the demonic horde that arrived through it. He is flown by a salvaged helicopter to the city, as close to the portal as possible. As soon as it turns to leave, it is shot down by a rocket. The protagonist must complete his mission alone.

Content

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Levels

 * MAP01: The Teleporter by Michiel Rutting and Denis Möller
 * MAP02: The Bridge by David Davidson
 * MAP03: Interlock by Tom Mustaine
 * MAP04: The Stand by Jens Nielsen
 * MAP05: Hell's Kitchen by Orin Flaharty
 * MAP06: The Powerstation by Eric Sargent and Mark Klem
 * MAP07: Not That Simple by Jens Nielsen
 * MAP08: And the Dead Shall Rise by Orin Flaharty
 * MAP09: High-Tech Grave by Thomas Möller
 * MAP10: The Mansion by Alden Bates
 * MAP11: Halls of Insanity by Eric Reuter and Denis Möller


 * MAP12: Kinetics by Mackey "Avatar" McCandlish
 * MAP13: The Inmost Dens II by Denis Möller
 * MAP14: Aquaduct by Tom Mustaine
 * MAP15: Karmacoma by Florian Helmberger
 * MAP16: Stoned by Kurt Schmid
 * MAP17: House of Thorn by Eric Sambach
 * MAP18: A Dead Man's Town by Henrik Rathje
 * MAP19: Maltraiter by Michael Rapp
 * MAP20: Mountain Depot by Scott Lampert


 * MAP21: Twilight Lab by Andy Badorek
 * MAP22: The Escape by Denis Möller
 * MAP23: Showdown by Milo Casali
 * MAP24: Diehard by Dario Casali
 * MAP25: Cesspool by William Sullivan
 * MAP26: Between Scattered Corpses by Thomas and Denis Möller
 * MAP27: Fort Hades by Scott Lampert
 * MAP28: City of the Unavenged by Jens Nielsen
 * MAP29: Island of Death by Thomas Möller
 * MAP30: Viper by Milo Casali


 * MAP31: Technology Base by Denis Möller
 * MAP32: The Hidden Slime Factory by Mark Klem

Soundtrack

 * MAP01: "Hidden Anger" by Mark Klem
 * MAP02: "Dreadnaught" by Mark Klem
 * MAP03: "DLA" by Mark Klem
 * MAP04: "Scary 1" by Mark Klem
 * MAP05: "Galaxy" by Mark Klem
 * MAP06: "Terror" by Mark Klem
 * MAP07: "Night Bats" by Mark Klem
 * MAP08: "Slipslider" by Mark Klem
 * MAP09: "Slipper" by Mark Klem
 * MAP10: "The Wind" by Mark Klem
 * MAP11: "Mummy Rags" by Mark Klem


 * MAP12: "Scary 2" by Mark Klem
 * MAP13: "Max's Place" by Mark Klem
 * MAP14: "Gerbert" by Mark Klem
 * MAP15: "Triangle of Fear" by Mark Klem
 * MAP16: "Galaxy" by Mark Klem
 * MAP17: "Dreadnaught" by Mark Klem
 * MAP18: "Hidden Anger" by Mark Klem
 * MAP19: "Night Bats" by Mark Klem
 * MAP20: "Terror" by Mark Klem


 * MAP21: "Mummy Rags" by Mark Klem
 * MAP22: "Triangle of Fear" by Mark Klem
 * MAP23: "Scary 2" by Mark Klem
 * MAP24: "The Wind" by Mark Klem
 * MAP25: "Slipper" by Mark Klem
 * MAP26: "Scary 1" by Mark Klem
 * MAP27: "DLA" by Mark Klem
 * MAP28: "Dreadnaught" by Mark Klem
 * MAP29: "Hidden Anger" by Mark Klem
 * MAP30: "Terror" by Mark Klem


 * MAP31: "Slipper" by Mark Klem
 * MAP32: "The Wind" by Mark Klem


 * Title Screen: "Intro" by Mark Klem
 * Intermission Screen: "Interlude Theme" by Mark Klem
 * Text Screen: "Master" by Mark Klem



Built-in demos
This WAD features a full set of built-in demos. As befits the megawad's focus, all of them are two-player cooperative demos, which end without either player dying or completing the level. It is unknown who either player is. All demos require Doom II v1.9 for viewing. The demo levels are:

Current Compet-n records
The Compet-n episode records for Memento Mori are:

The data was last verified in its entirety on June 21, 2020.

Current DSDA records
The DSDA episode records for Memento Mori are:

The data was last verified in its entirety on February 23, 2023.

Trivia

 * The music track for MAP09, "Slipper", is also known as "Scooby". It borrows a musical cue from the  cartoon, "The Black Knight", composed by . The cue can be heard about 2:50 into the song.

Demos

 * &mdash; UV max demos recorded by Michael Grube (migru) and Andy Badorek
 * &mdash; UV max demos recorded by George Bell, Yonatan Donner, Istvan Pataki and Peo Sjöblom

Reviews

 * Memento Mori level reviews at Visions of Doom